The bizarre mating ritual of octopuses: Watch the moment a male gets DRAGGED around the ocean 床に打ち倒す 中央の-sex by an impatient 女性（の）

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Waiting for the man to get his 行為／法令／行動する together during sex can often be a source of 失望／欲求不満.

But it seems women are not the only members of the animal kingdom to 速く lose 利益／興味 in a fumbling male.?

New （映画の）フィート数 明らかにする／漏らすs a hilarious mating 遭遇（する） between male and 女性（の） algae octopuses off the Indonesian island of Bunaken.?

In the clip, the male starts getting dragged around the ocean 床に打ち倒す 中央の-sex by the 'impatient' 女性（の） when he can't find his 入り口.?

The unfortunate cephalopod?猛烈に 持つ／拘留するs on with one of his eight 武器, known as the 'hectocotylus', which can 放出する sperm from the very tip.?

In the clip, the male (left) gets dragged around the sea 床に打ち倒す by the 'impatient' 女性（の） (権利) 経由で the male's?mating arm, known as a hectocotylus

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The astonishing clip is taken from an 近づいている?国家の Geographic 文書の, 'Secrets of the Octopus'.

'It was surprising, and comical, to 証言，証人／目撃する mating on the move,' series 生産者 Adam Geiger told?Live Science.?

'The 女性（の） [is] essentially dragging the male ? hanging on for dear life ? over the 暗礁 while she got on with other things.

'The algae octopus were the only 種類 in the series we 証言，証人／目撃するd mating this way, but who knows, others may do this, too.'?

最初 the male, perched on a 激しく揺する at the 底（に届く） of the sea, gets the 女性（の）'s attention with an incredible show known as a 'passing cloud 陳列する，発揮する'.??

His tens of thousands of 肌 独房s change colour in flashes to send the 女性（の） a message.

'The passing cloud 陳列する，発揮する means different things to different cephalopods,' said Geiger.?

'With the algae octopus, the passing cloud 陳列する，発揮する seems to be an 表現 of 利益／興味 in mating ? a general "I'm 利用できる" signal.'?

The fascinating （映画の）フィート数 of the octopi 遭遇（する） was 逮捕（する）d off the island of Bunaken in Indonesia for?国家の Geographic

Many male octopuses 欠如（する） 外部の genitalia and instead use a 修正するd arm, called a hectocotylus, to pass their sperm to the 女性（の） - 含むing the?algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus, とじ込み／提出する photo)

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The creature has two large ear-like fins protruding above its 注目する，もくろむs?

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After getting the 女性（の）'s attention, the male then sticks out his 'papilla' ? a finger-like fleshy 発射／推定 over his 注目する，もくろむ ? and makes himself as big as possible.

His 'come-on' does the trick and the 女性（の） makes herself 利用できる, so he 延長するs his specialised mating arm, the hectocotylus.?

'Its 修正するd tip will 配達する a packet of sperm ? if he can just find the 権利 位置／汚点／見つけ出す,' the ビデオ's 語り手 says.

The male is 目的（とする）ing for the 女性（の）'s 'mantle cavity', where the sperm is 蓄える／店d and her eggs are fertilised ? but unfortunately he can't seem to find it.

It's not long before the 女性（の） gets 'impatient and hungry' and starts to swim off, even though his mating arm is still wrapped around her.?

'He's got this far, so if she wants to go 追跡（する）ing he'll hang on,' the 語り手 追加するs.

によれば Jon Ablett, curator of the Natural History Museum's cephalopod collection, the?外見 of the hectocotylus 変化させるs between octopus 種類.?

'Some look like a 洗浄器／皮下注射／浣腸器, others more like a spoon and one, belonging to the North 大西洋 octopus, even looks like a little toast rack,' he said.?

The algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus) is いわゆる because it looks like it's been covered with algae when 残り／休憩（する）ing on the sea 床に打ち倒す, which is 現実に a perfect 偽装する.?

Sir David Attenborough 述べるd it as the only octopus 特に adapted to walk on land, as it can walk from one 潮の pool to the next as it 追跡（する）s for crab.?

'The octopus's suckers enable it to move just as stealthily in water as out of it,' the 伝説の British biologist said.?

The new 国家の Geographic 文書の, 'Secrets of the Octopus', is 利用できる to stream on Disney+ and Hulu from April 22.?